US6406569B1 - Procedure for the thermal treatment of rails - Google Patents

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US6406569B1
US6406569B1 US08/533,944 US53394495A US6406569B1 US 6406569 B1 US6406569 B1 US 6406569B1 US 53394495 A US53394495 A US 53394495A US 6406569 B1 US6406569 B1 US 6406569B1
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Alfred Moser
Georg Prskawetz
Peter Pointner
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D9/00—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor
    • C21D9/04—Heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering, adapted for particular articles; Furnaces therefor for rails
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D1/00—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
    • C21D1/56—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering characterised by the quenching agents
    • C21D1/60—Aqueous agents
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D1/00—General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
    • C21D1/62—Quenching devices
    • C21D1/63—Quenching devices for bath quenching
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21D—MODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D2221/00—Treating localised areas of an article
    • C21D2221/02—Edge parts

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  • the present invention relates to a procedure for the thermal treatment of rails, in particular of the rail head in which, proceeding from temperatures above 720° C., cooling is carried out in a cooling agent that contains an additive of synthetic cooling agent.
  • a procedure of the type described above is known, for example, from EP-PS 88 746.
  • This known procedure uses synthetic cooling agent additives amounting to 20 to 50%-wt, in particular polyglycols, the additive of synthetic cooling agent ensuring, in the first place, averaging [homogenization] of the cooling conditions whilst maintaining a reduced cooling rate.
  • synthetic quenching agents are used in the technology where it is necessary to maintain a minimal cooling rate in order to obtain a martensite structure.
  • the objective of hardening of this kind is to harden the maximal cross-section and, in the case of objects that are of varying cross-sections, the areas of smaller cross-section will also be completely hardened. In applications of this type, the work piece can be left in the bath or hardening bath until temperature equalization takes place.
  • any hardening of the rail web is undesirable.
  • the objective is to achieve a finely pearlitized structure and the maintenance of a maximal cooling rate is required during fine pearlitizing of this kind. If, however, as in the known procedure, the optimal cooling rate that permits a fine pearlite structure without martensite or pearlite were to be used in the rail head, this would mean that the cooling rate for the essentially thinner rail web would be much too high.
  • the procedure according to the present invention is essentially such that treatment by immersion in the cooling agent is continued until such time as the surface temperature is between 450° C. and 550° C., without the temperature being equalized across the whole of the cross-section, after the removal of the immersed areas.
  • the procedure according to the present invention be so carried out that synthetic additives such as, for example, glycols or polyglycols, are added to the cooling agent in a quantity that, at a bath temperature between 35 and 55° C., the transition from film boiling to the boiling phase takes place at a surface temperature of approximately 500° C., which thereby indicates the desired timepoint for removing the rails.
  • synthetic additives such as, for example, glycols or polyglycols
  • the use of synthetic additives preferably of glycols and polyglycols, in a quantity that ensures that the correct timepoint for the contraction of the rails is indicated by the bath boiling ensures that constant and optimal results are guaranteed both for the rail head and for the web. If, given an appropriate selection of the proportions of synthetic additives, boiling begins on the surface of the rails, the lower areas will certainly not yet have been converted into pearlite. Compared to cooling in a bath without synthetic cooling agent additives there is a relatively slower cooling period until the boiling point is reached.
  • Essential for the procedure according to the present invention is management of the procedure by selection of suitable quantities of synthetic cooling agent within the cooling agent, and precise determination of the time at which the immersed areas must be removed in order to prevent any undesirable hardening of other areas.
  • the proportion of synthetic additives within the cooling agent determines the time of the transition from film boiling to the boiling phase, and the adjustment of the combination must be such that the boiling phase is first reached in the last cooling phase before removal, in order to ensure even cooling.
  • the concentration that is set must be kept steady constantly, by using an appropriate monitoring system, which is not necessary during the usual use of the method according to the prior art; this must be done so as to ensure that this concentration, which is essential for timely identification of the time for removal, is not subjected to any variations in the course of the procedure. This also applies to the bath temperature.
  • bath circulation must be kept constant. With reference to the rate at which the medium flows onto the rolled material or the rails that are to be cooled, in the present case it must be ensured that this is kept as steady as possible over the whole length of the rolled materials or the rails, throughout the whole of the thermal treatment.
  • the procedure according to the present invention relates to a combination of immersion temperature and immersion time that provides an optimal combination for partial immersion, the rails exhibiting a surface temperature between 450 and 550° C. at the end of the cooling period, with no temperature equalization across the whole of the cross section.
  • the procedure according to the present invention can be applied advantageously to a steel having a guide analysis of 0.65-0.85% C, 0.01-1.2% Si, 0.5-3.5% Mn, 0.01-1.0% Cr, and the remainder Fe and the usual impurities.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-section through a rail treated by the procedure according to the present invention, with the HB hardness distribution being shown for the different zones;
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing hardness distribution as a function of the distance from the middle of the top contact surface towards the rail web.
  • the following parameters are observed when carrying out the procedure for the thermal treatment of rails, in particular of the rail head.
  • the rail or the rail head that is at a temperature of 820° C. is immersed in a cooling agent that contains a synthetic cooling agent additive, the immersion depth of the head amounting to approximately 37 mm.
  • a bath temperature of 50° C. and a selected bath concentration of 35% After an immersion time of 150 s the surface temperature is 505° C., this surface temperature being maintained, or the immersed areas being removed at a time when no temperature equalization has taken place across the whole rail or rail head cross-section.
  • the hardness distribution that can be achieved with a procedure of this kind is shown in FIG. 1 as it applies to a UIC 60 rail profile, the HB hardness distribution being shown for the different areas. It is clear that the rail head displays higher hardness values than the rail web and the rail foot.
  • the diagram shown in FIG. 2 indicates the HB 30 hardness distribution that can be achieved with the procedure for the thermal treatment of rails, as a function of the distance from the middle of the top surface in millimeters.

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